Prof Richard Fox

"We've had this incredibly warm, dry spring and this ongoing hot weather so that really puts them in a good place to put on a fantastic, colourful show in our gardens and countryside this summer."

"Many of them did better last year, not amazing, but their numbers bounced back."

"On these hot, dry days, they can get on with their lives, particularly finding a mate and the females laying eggs to create the new generation of butterflies later in the year."

"What we do know is some of the species that people will see like the Holly Blue and Red Admiral, they had a really good spring, so that bodes well for a bumper summer."